John Lewis counter assistant Hannah Fryer, 20, was outside a nightclub having a cigarette when she was accosted by the pair who tried to ask her out for a date.

When she said she was not a single one of the yobs flew into a rage and told her: "I don't care if you have a boyfriend - I'll kill him."

Hannah edged towards a nearby couple for safety but the duo attacked them too.

They thumped the couple before setting about Hannah herself, punching her to the floor and leaving her with serious injuries to her eye and nose.

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SHOCKED: Hannah Fryer after recovering from the attack

She has lost her sense of smell and suffers breathing difficulties. The couple both aged 20, were treated for facial injuries.

Yesterday Hannah from Cheadle, near Stockport, Greater Manchester, released pictures of her horrific injuries as she appealed for the public's help in snaring her attackers.

She has been off work for seven weeks and will lose out on pre-Christmas bonus pay "Before that night I was confident and would never hesitate to go out for the night, or even stand outside a club on my own," she said.

"But now I don't even want to walk out of my front door alone, which is awful.

"It's totally scarred me. I am still completely shocked by the attack. It was totally unprovoked and I never thought something of this scale would happen to me. It feels surreal."

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SCARRED: Hannah is now afraid to walk out of her house alone

The incident happened six weeks ago as Hannah was having a cigarette outside the Hulu Tiki Lounge bar in Manchester's trendy Northern Quarter at 2am. She said her attackers had 'seemed friendly enough' but lashed out when she rebuffed their advances. One of the duo 'laid his fist into my face with unbelievable force'.

She spent six hours in A&E before undergoing surgery to repair damage to the bridge of her nose and eye socket.

"That attack has completely changed who I am," she said. "I used to be so confident and now I'm a nervous wreck. I can't even leave the house without feeling sick with panic.

"Every time I see somebody who looks remotely like my attacker, I feel completely terrified.

"I have always been so outgoing and could talk to anybody but now I'm scared of strangers and it's horrible. What they have done to me is sick.

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APPEAL: Police issued CCTV of one of the suspects

“I have always been so outgoing and could talk to anybody but now I'm scared of strangers and it's horrible. What they have done to me is sick”

Hannah Fryer

"There are some truly twisted people in this world, such low lives.

"I just hope they are brought to justice and feel some sort of remorse for what they have put me through."

Police issued CCTV of one of the suspects and appealed for witnesses to the October 17 assault to come forward.

PC Avril Gordon, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "So often we see attacks like this one end with more serious consequences.

"Hannah was brave enough to ask us to issue a picture of her injuries to demonstrate the severity of this attack.

"The brutal and unprovoked nature of the incident means it is vitally important that we identify and locate the men responsible."